PTravel
Senior Senior Member
I have, for years, mixed with headphones and, not surprisingly, that hasn't produced the best results (complicated by the fact that I have 20% hearing loss in my right ear ). I finally broke down and ordered a pair of KRK RP8G monitors. I'm also considering a sub-woofer, as the RP8Gs only go down to about 45 Hz, and one of my current projects has some very deep bass as an integral part of the music. Here's my question: is there any reason I can't use a home theater sub-woofer, instead of buying Yet One More Piece of Dedicated Gear? I have a decent HT sub-woofer that I'm not using. Given that bass that low is non-directional, I would assume placement is far more important than something specifically matched (or so say the manufacturers) to near-field monitors.
I write musical theater and record and mix to CD demos that may be played on anything from computers to car stereos to high-quality stereo systems -- the material is vocals, mixed solos and chorus, backed with either synthesizers (one active project -- the one that uses a lot of bass) or a traditional orchestra (another active project). I'm going to the near-field monitors primarily because I can't get an accurate sense of the stereo field from the headphones, and secondarily because the balance between the vocalists and the instruments changes dramatically from what I hear in the headphones to what I hear when played over speakers.
Thanks in advance for any feedback.
I write musical theater and record and mix to CD demos that may be played on anything from computers to car stereos to high-quality stereo systems -- the material is vocals, mixed solos and chorus, backed with either synthesizers (one active project -- the one that uses a lot of bass) or a traditional orchestra (another active project). I'm going to the near-field monitors primarily because I can't get an accurate sense of the stereo field from the headphones, and secondarily because the balance between the vocalists and the instruments changes dramatically from what I hear in the headphones to what I hear when played over speakers.
Thanks in advance for any feedback.